Stall construction for animals.



'H. G. RAME ZAHN. STALL GOHSTRUOTKON FOR AEHMALS.

APPLIGATIOK FILED APRJ. 1914.

Patentd Jan. 26, 1915.

2 SHEETSSHBET 1.

. IVITJVESSES UNITED stra'rns PATENT orinon.

zine-o e. nAssMANn, or nnavnn DAM, WISCONSIN, ASS-IGNOR T 1*. nAssMANN MFG.

00., (mconronnrnn) or BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN.

SIALL CONSTRUCTION FOR ANIMALS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1915.

Application filed April 1, 1 914. Serial No. 828,901.

To all tohom'izi may concerm' Be known that I, Hear) C. JRASSMANN,

of Beaver Dam, in the county of Dodge and :litsvte ,oit .Visconsirnhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stall Construction forAnim'als; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full; clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.-

This invention relates to'nnprove nents in stall construction for animals, objects oft-he invention being to'provide simple and chi-- cient means whereby the structure may be easily and quickly adjusted to accommodate animals of different sizes and thus avoid possibility of the droppings escaping the stall gutter.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forth and pointed out in the claims. I I i In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is'a side view, partly in section of a stall structure enibodving my improvements; Fig. 2 is a face, view partly broken away; Figs. 3 and at are enlarged detail views. showing the adjusting devices on the stanchion; Fig. 5 is a view showing the manger portion and a modified form of the loweradjusting devices for the stanchion; Fig. 6 is a view taken at right angles to Fig. 5, showing the modified adjusting means, and'Fig. 7 is a view in sec- "-51; oi F g. 5.

l. repress): er cf and may, if desired, be of concrete. The usual curb aj'maybe provided and on this curb,

' brackets 3' are mounted and secured thereto by meansrof bolts ft, the latter being anchored in the curb by a cross bar 5.

Each bracket 3 may be made in single casting and comprises two members 6, 6, be-

tween which the lower-end of oneof the stall standards 2' is securely clamped by means of bolts 8. The bracket 3 is elongated in form and each of its members is made with a horizontal flange 9 formed with a plurality of pockets or recesses 10 and in the bottom of each pocket, an elongated open ng 11 1s made, all-for a purpose which will be hereim after explained. I

Sidemails 12 which divide the stalls, are secured at their'upper ends to the standards '7 by means of clamps 13 and the lower ends of said rails terminate in standards 14 secured to the floor or base 1. V

At the upper ends of the standards 7 ,elongated brackets 15 are located. Each of these brackets comprises two separate members 16-16 having seats to receive a stall standard 7 and are-securely clamped to the latter by means of bolts17. Each member 16 of each bracket 15 is provided with a lateral flange 18 formed with a plurality of pockets or recesses 19 having elongated holes 20. The vertical portion of each bracket mem-. ber constitutes an abutment flange for a pur pose presently explained.

Across bar 21 is seated at its respective ends in pockets ofbracket members secured respectively to two of the stall standards 7 and cross bar,21 is removably secured against vertical displacement by bolts 22 passing transversely through said cross bar and the elongated holes 20 in the pockets',-undue longitudinal movement of the bar being prevented by p the abutment flanges on the bracket members. A similar crossbar 23 is seated at its ends in pockets in the members of brackets?) at the lower ends of two of the stall standards 7 and secured against vertical displacement by bolts 24:, and limited'in' longitudinal movement by the abutment flanges of the bracket members.

A stanchion 25 of any preferred construction is disposed between the cross bars 21 and 23 and supported by the same through the medium of suitable connecting devices such as-indicated at 2G and 27. r

From the construction and arrangements of. parts above described, it will be readily seenthat the cross bars 21 and 23 together with'the'stanchion 25 may be adjusted forwardly or backwardly to accommodate animals of difl'erent lengths, by merely mounting the ends of said'cross bars in different pockets of the supporting brackets.

If desired, the brackets 3 at the lower ends of the stall standards and the bottom cross bar 23 may be omitted and in their stead, a single elongated bracket 28 may be anchored in the floor centrally between the stall'standards and provided with a plurality of holes to receive a bolt 29, whereby the lowerconnecting device 27 of the stanchion may be attached at difierent positions on. said bracket 28. v

It will be understood that my improved stall structure contemplates the employment partition 30. has secured thereto a hinge member 31, and the other member of this 32 is made with upper and lower parallel of a plurality of stalls, and thatone mem ber of each supporting bracket (3 or 15) receives a stanchion supportingbar (21-23) for one stall and that the other memberof each ofsaid brackets receives a stanchion supporting bar for the adjacent stall. I

It is common practiceto provide a manger 29 common to all the stalls of a series and it is very desirable that this manger shall be subdivided so that portions thereof shall be segregated from other portions, and thus prevent an animal lin onesta'll from reach-- ing feed intended for animals in other stalls! For this purpose I provide partitions, such as indicated at 30 Fig. 5, which is made to conform to the contour ofthe manger. Each hinge consists of a bracket 32 clampedto one of the stall standards 7 The bracket arms 33-34L which embrace the hinge members 31 and serve to'gnide the partition and also to take up any lateral strain towhiph it may be subjected. The hinge member 31 is pivotally connected with the upper arms 33 of the bracket- 32 by a hinge 3-5 which passes through suitable holes in said arms 33 and through an elongated slot 36 in the upper portion of the hinge member 31.

With such-construction, the partition may be raised as shown in dotted lines inf-Fig. 5, and, by reason of theelongatedslot 36, said partitionmay (when inan upright ositir n) be permitted todrop a limited is tance and rest against the intermediate per- 1; The combination, with stall standards,

of elongated brackets secured thereto,'each bracket having a partprovided with 'a p111 ralit 'ofpockets and-anupwardly 1'016Cting ange at right angles to each poc et, and

a stanchion-supportinggbar mounted at its ends'in'pockets of brackets on two of said standards andfhaving" itsends adjacent to the upwardly projecting ,flang esi on the brackets. 1 i I p 2. The combination with stall standards, of elongated brackets secured to said standards and having vertical abutments, each bracket having a part provided with a lural- 'ity of pockets at right angles to sai abut: ments, and each pocket having a. hole therein,

a. stanchion-supporting bar mounted at, its

ends'in pockets of brackets on two of said standards and between the abutments on the respective brackets, and bolts passing through-said bar and through holesinthe pockets of said brackets. y

In testimony whereof, :I have signed-this specification-in the presence of two 'subscribing Witnesses.

' HUGO C. RASSMANN. "Witnesses: 1

Lotus SoHMn'rznnn, BARNnY A. 'BELLING. 

